Chapter 435: Ci is not in charge of the troops

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In the big tent of the Chinese army in Shatuo, Li Keyong and Li Youjin looked at Gaiyu together, not knowing what else he could come up with.

Facing everyone's gaze, Gai Yu coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said unhurriedly: "After Liu, he proposed that the governor should stay behind and lead 15,000 infantry to launch an attack to cover the breakthrough, and I agree with this decision." At present, in the army, except for the queen, only the governor has some prestige, and can command an army of 15,000. And the governor has long commanded soldiers and horses, and has rich command experience. Leading the infantry to attack, not a feint, must play momentum, hit the Tang army in pain, Zheng Congyan will transfer the two wings of cavalry to support. Except for the governor, no one in the army, whether it was me or the three of them, neither had this prestige nor the ability. ”

The corners of Li Youjin's mouth twitched a few times, and this Gaiyu really helped Li Ya'er. What is this, if you look at the situation wrong, you have to push yourself to jump into the fire pit? What should they do, they all have to send themselves to death, what can they do, do they surrender to the Tang Army?

Just thinking like this, he heard Gai Yu say again: "Although the governor led his troops to cover the cavalry to break through, it seems that there is no return." Actually, I don't think so. ”

"Is there still a way to live?" Li Keyong couldn't help but ask, his relationship with Li Youjin is actually very good. It's just that letting this uncle stay at the moment is also a decision after thinking about it well, his choice is the same as what Gai Yu just said, he has no other more suitable candidate.

"The governor only needs to wait for the troops to lead the cavalry to break through, and then he can immediately surrender to the Tang army!" Gai Yu said slowly.

"Surrender to the Don Army?" There was an exclamation in the tent.

Even Li Youjin couldn't help but be surprised. He even thought that this was Li Keyong and Gaiyu testing his reaction.

Gai Yu explained: "This battle lady said it very well. Break the wrist of a strong man. in order to keep the Shatuo clan for the future. But I don't think those who stay will have to fight with the court. At present, the imperial court is actually very weak, and the soldiers and horses that can be mobilized are limited. Although we have lost this battle now, the court has not curry favor with much, and they have died a lot. If we retreat into the north of Yinshan, the land of the north of the dynasty, the Tang Dynasty itself will not be able to control it. This land was to be given to the three tribes of Sagar, Anqing, and Qibi, while Tuoba and Helian also occupied Xia Sui and Tiande, respectively. I am very confident that if the Governor surrenders to the Imperial Court, not only will the Imperial Court not kill the Governor and the soldiers, but on the contrary, they will treat the surrendered Shatuo soldiers well, and use our Shatuo clan to check and balance the other tribes in Daibei. ”

Speaking of this, Gai Yu said with a firm look in his eyes: "Even if we retreat to Yinshan North this time, it is not that we have no chance to come back." Now Li Tang is in the world, and the Son of Heaven is young. The official eunuch is in charge, and the south and north divisions are in charge. The prime ministers could not compete with the eunuchs, and were basically dependent on the eunuchs. Above the region, the feudal towns became more and more self-reliant, and if there were soldiers, they were kings. Now the Tianping Army and Ziqing are not only rebelling, but even in Zhejiang and Zhejiang, there are also rebels. As you can imagine, the Tang Dynasty was already in turmoil. When we enter Saibei, we just need to recuperate, recruit troops, and it won't take much time to come back. At that time, if Daibei had our Shatuo power still there, it would be more convenient to return to Middle-earth at that time. This is a step of our game, which is to be used when it is critical in the future. ”

Hearing Gai Yu's explanation, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads together. Li Youjin is also in a much better mood now, just now he was just an abandonment, but now he is a chess player.

Li Keyong knelt directly in front of Li Youjin: "Uncle, for the sake of the Shatuo clan, Keyong begs his uncle to stay." ”

Li Youjin helped Li Keyong with both hands: "Don't worry, for the sake of Shatuo, I am willing to stay." "Several leading figures of the older generation of the Shatuo tribe, Li Guochang was captured, and Li Qianzhong was also captured, and now if he Li Youjin also surrenders, I believe the imperial court must feel satisfied.

On the night of the 28th day of the first month of the second year of Qianfu, on the south bank of the Zihe River on the border between Yunzhou and Zhenwu Army, Li Youjin led 15,000 Shatuo infantry to take the lead in launching an attack on the large army camp of the soldiers and horses of the Seven Towns led by Zheng Congyan.

Zheng Congyan's Chinese army camp had 15,000 infantry, and 15,000 cavalry in the left and right flank camps. A full 30,000 soldiers and horses blocked the back of the Shatuo people, and there were 15,000 Zhenguo troops across the river.

After sunset and dusk, the horns of the Shatuo people camped and the war drums were like thunder. Countless soldiers and horses let out a roar like a flash flood and a tsunami, just like a flood bursting the embankment, rushing straight towards Zheng Congyan's Zhongjun Road.

The camps of the two armies were less than twenty miles apart, and the flood of attacks by the Shatuo people was soon known to the Tang army.

Zheng Congyan immediately ordered 15,000 infantry to hold the camp, relying on the camp fence as a cover, and sent orders to the cavalry troops on both flanks, telling them to keep a close eye on the battlefield and wait for the order to attack at any time.

In the direction of the north of the camp, countless soldiers raised shields and guns behind the camp fence, and outside the camp fence, there was a newly dug camp ditch.

However, when the first wave of Shatuo soldiers arrived, the Tang soldiers in the front were still shocked. The front of the Shatuo people's soldiers and horses was not the cavalry of the Shatuo people, nor their infantry, or even the soldiers and horses of the Hu tribe under them, but all of them were captured by the Han people.

These captives were all Han men and women, most of whom were taken away by Li Keyong when he retreated, and these people, Li Keyong originally wanted to escape to Mobei as their slaves. Now that they want to flee on light horse, these people naturally can't take them away, and Li Keyong simply asked Li Youjin to push all the tens of thousands of Han young and strong slaves to the front line.

At this time, these young and strong men and women were driven behind by Shatuo's soldiers and horses, poked with guns, smashed with knives, and forced them to advance. They carry sandbags on their shoulders, and those in the front row carry wooden rafts.

Driven by the Shatuo people, they had to slowly approach the Tang army camp.

Looking at the bright spears, snow-bright horizontal knives, and countless bows and arrows in the camp, he couldn't help but cry out as he walked: "Don't let go of the arrows, we are our own people, our own people." Tens of thousands of wails gathered and rushed straight to the clouds.

This scene makes people sad and crying.

Many Tang soldiers guarding the front of the village couldn't help but lose their morale, and some soldiers even put down their raised spears, and the knives in their hands couldn't be tightened.

Du Yuhou, who was in charge of battlefield discipline, and the Yuhou below shouted: "Tree shields, raise guns, prepare bows and arrows, don't let them get close!" ”

But no matter how loud the Yu Hou shouted, the soldiers in front still hesitated, and the hands holding the soldiers and horses were trembling. These are tens of thousands of compatriots, how can they bear to kill their own compatriots. A few young soldiers even began to cry, and some soft-hearted soldiers shouted to the front: "Don't come, run, don't come!" ”

Some of the Han captives stopped slightly, but they were immediately slashed and killed by the Shatuo people without hesitation, and dozens or hundreds of corpses were scattered all over the ground in an instant. The remaining captives were horrified and began to move forward helplessly.

Zheng Congyan personally rushed to the front line in front of the battle with his sword, and looked at the approaching Shatuo people, and couldn't help but be angry, trembling with anger. But he was a commander-in-chief, and he knew very well what the options were available to him at such a time.

Lao Xiangguo burst into tears and let out a sad and angry voice: "Listen to my command, anyone who approaches the camp for a hundred steps will be killed!" ”

"Shoot the arrows!" Yu Xuan was also angry at this time, but they had no choice. On the battlefield, either you die or he dies, Ci is not in charge of the army!

Choi Anqian, the commander of the Chungwu Festival, plunged his sword into the ground, personally picked up a bow from one of the soldiers, and shot the arrow first. An arrow was fired, directly shooting a Han man who had been driven to the Haobian to kill on the spot.

Cui An dived and shot the first arrow, and there were two military orders from Zheng Congyan and Yu Xuan, and the soldiers could only shoot arrows with bows at this time. The second arrow, the third arrow, and then countless rain of arrows fell.

Arrows raining down!

Seeing his fellow citizens die under his own arrows, not only did several commanders shed tears, but even those hard-hearted Duyu Marquis and Marquis Yu were also choked.

The soldiers opened their bows and arrows, and cursed loudly at the same time, and the boundless anger made the morale of the soldiers of the battalion high.

It's just that the Shatuo people did not hesitate, and still continued to drive the Tang captives and rushed forward with sandbags and wooden platoons. One after another, one after the other, one after the other, and one after the other. Although the ditch in front of the camp was deep, the Shatuo people still used tens of thousands of Tang prisoner corpses to fill in the ditch at the very end, and successfully approached the front of the fence.

Trampling on the smooth road built by the Tang people's corpse tower, Sha Tuobing also completely exploded into ferocity at this time, they didn't know that they were doomed to be abandoned, but they were bewitched by Li Youjin and Li Ke, saying that they were going to fight their way out of the encirclement tonight.

At the forefront were as many as 3,000 elite infantry, these 3,000 soldiers have been guarding Jincheng, although they rarely go to the battlefield, but their elite is still not to be underestimated. These soldiers, dressed in cowhide armor, carrying swords and shields, and even maces, maces, and iron rods, came up with hulala.

A little later in them were as many as 10,000 recruits, all recruited by the Liu clan in Shuozhou, all of whom were from the Daibei Hu clan. The Hu people in Daibei are naturally brave and do not need to be trained by their wives, they are just qualified good soldiers. At the moment, these people did not even have armor, they were wearing leather robes, carrying rudimentary spears and even hunting forks, and bows and arrows were swarmed up.

The last are 2,000 elite foot soldiers, all of whom are veterans of Shatuo. Li Youjin is not willing to fight these soldiers, and he will not fight these soldiers unless he has to. He planned that as long as he covered Li Keyong's departure, he would immediately surrender with them, and in the future, these would still be his roots.

Before the battle began, Li Keyong and Li Youjin had promised them that if they broke through the encirclement of the Tang army today, then everyone would get a rich reward. The first warrior to break into the Tang camp will be immediately rewarded with 10,000 guan and promoted to the deputy envoy of the Tielin Army. And every Tang Army head that was cut off can be exchanged for ten rewards.

Under this high and terrifying reward, all the Shatuo soldiers have become warriors.

Before the battle, Li Keyong took out all the wine he had brought with his army and rewarded the 15,000 infantrymen.

The wine was strong and intimidating, and under the stimulation of money, official positions and alcohol, 15,000 Shatuo infantry rushed up like crazy! (To be continued......)